The beauty and warmth of New England’s small towns show up particularly well at the holidays. Here’s one example from Orange, New Hampshire, where each child receives a gift each year at the Town Party.

Lighted trees, community singing, and gifts for the kiddies also highlight these stories of Christmas past from Yankee‘s archives.

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